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extra supply of food |
surplus |
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long period of dry weather |
drought |
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means the "land between two rivers" |
Mesopotamia |
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a strip of rich, well-watered land in the Middle East |
Fertile Crescent |
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pyramids made of terraces linked by ramps and stairs |
ziggurats |
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earthen mounds that Sumerians built to keep floods from ruining their crops |
levees |
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Sumerians lived in __________________ that each had their own self-government |
city-states |
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system of wedge-shaped marks and lines that the Sumerians used for their written language |
cuneiform |
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two major rivers in Mesopotamia |
Tigris and Euphrates River |
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List 3 inventions of the Mesopotamians |
the wheel, the plow, cuneiform, the number system |
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How did people of Mesopotamia use the rivers? List three examples |
1. water for drinking 2. growing crops 3. transportation |
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How did Sumerians solve problem of flooding? |
They dug irrigation ditches and built levees |
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List the correct order of social structure in Mesopotamia?
List from people with most power to the least: slaves, priests, upper class, lower class |
1. Priest 2. Upper Class 3. Lower Class 4. Slaves |
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In which present-day country is Mesopotamia located? |
Iraq |
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What was the most important invention created by Sumerians? Explain why. |
The most important invention was cuneiform. This allowed Mesopotamians to keep track of the amount of crops they distributed. It was the first writing system that kept track of goods being produced |
